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Western Digital Caviar GP 1TB   [Computer Shopper]
COMPANY: Western Digital PRICE: £170inc VAT  
RATING: ISSUE: 242  DATE: Feb 08
   

The Caviar GP is claimed to use 4-5W less power than most hard disks. Unlike the other disks, testing with a meter meant that this disk didn't get enough power to run, which implies the claim is true. It fared well in our large files test. Its speed when reading small files was also fine but it was slow at writing small files. The Caviar GP isn't that quick, but it's cheap for a 1TB disk at just 17p per gigabyte.

SPECIFICATIONS:
Capacity: 1TB
Formatted capacity (NTFS): 930GB
Price per gigabyte: £0.18
Interface: SATA 300
Power connector: SATA
Spindle speed: 7,200rpm
Cache: 16MB
Quoted seek time: 8.9ms
HD Tach access time: 12.9ms
Platters: 4
Heads: 8
Bearing technology: Fluid dynamic
Noise level when idle: 29dB(A)
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